Healing Haven hopes to build bear enclosure with next fundraiser
Healing Haven Wildlife shelter didn’t reach its fundraising goal to build a black bear rehabilitation enclosure, however, the organizations big fundraiser at the end of October is expected to bring in the remaining dollars.
The 100 per cent volunteer run charity has three full-time and a dozen casual workers who look after and treat up to 50 animals a day during the summer months.
Mark Dallyn runs the shelter and said regardless of the season, Healing Haven is always a busy place.
“(Volunteers are) stretched very thin with hundreds of animals coming in during the summer,” Dallyn said. “We’re getting back into it with the last of the releasable animals being released in the next week or two.”